Registries (2)
Metadata registries
"… formal systems that can disclose
authoritative information about the semantics
and structure of the data elements that are
included within a particular metadata scheme"
(Heery, et al., 2000)
Existing registries include the XML.org
Registry and Repository (OASIS), and
metadata registries set up by DCMI and
SMPTE
There has been some experimentation with
RDF registries as part of Semantic Web
development